Can Movies and Media Offer an Easily Accessible, Dynamic Resource to Enrich and Expand Our English Language Teaching

Shadi Afzal

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Can Movies and Media Offer an Easily Accessible, Dynamic Resource to Enrich and Expand Our English Language Teaching

Shadi Afzal

Published in International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 1, Issue 4)

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This study investigates 10 teachers' view and attitude toward using media, such as TV, movies and music as a tool in language learning, so the aim of this study is to look at how film and media can be seen as resources in teaching and also find out how teachers use and regard film and media in education. Ten upper-intermediate teachers of one of the English language institute of Shiraz were interviewed for this study. Teachers feel that one of the positive aspects of working with media is that there is an enormous amount of material to draw inspiration from and that it provides the students with an opportunity to get exposed to different accents of the English language, so the interviewed teachers expressed that films offers authentic target language input. According to the interviewed teachers a "film experience" is regarded as a powerful tool for starting a discussion or introducing a theme. The use of film can also benefit students with different learning styles. It is also likely that students' positive perception of film in teaching has effects on language learning since motivation and attitudes, according to research, affect language acquisition. The results suggest that teachers generally are positive to the use of film in education and believe that students can learn many things from audio-visual media.

Published in	International Journal of Language and Linguistics (Volume 1, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijll.20130104.20
Page(s)	160-165
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Language Acquisition, Multimedia in Education, Teaching English, Second Language Learners

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Shadi Afzal

Department of English, Beyza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Beyza, Iran

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